"Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable."

"Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it."

"The best way to try to motivate somebody is by being direct with them. To be honest with them. Lies are never the right way to get your message across."

"I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world."

"Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical."

"I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids."

"It is light grief that can take counsel."

"The only cure for grief is action."

"While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it."

"Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."

"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured."

"Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible."